M S Swaminathan

NEW DELHI: Farm loan waiver is necessary in the short term as farmers are unable to repay debts due to fall in agri-prices despite a bumper crop, renowned agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan has said.

Chandigarh: Father of the Green Revolution in India and renowned farm scientist M S Swaminathan has given the call for 'evergreen revolution', "which implies productivity improvement in perpetuity without

NEW DELHI: The central regulator on transgenic organisms has proposed to utilize farms of select agricultural universities for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops as a nationally-coordinated

Enraged over the non-implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report, the members of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) protested against the Centre on Independence Day here. They took out a procession and

Congress harps on benefits from FDI in retail
For Punjab's sagging agrarian economy, here is some good news. The meek voices of the farmers, agri economists and farmer unions seem to have been heard by at least two of the main political parties in the state which are now promising to ensure 50 per cent profit over cost of production to the farmers.

Apprehensions of various sections must be allayed: M.S. Swaminathan
In matters relating to genetically modified (GM) food crops, the government should ‘hasten cautiously,’ said eminent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan. He was speaking on the sidelines of a visit to the Wheat Breeding Research Station of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) at Wellington, near here, on Tuesday.

British environmental activist Mark Lynas, who once “demonised” geneticially modified crops and now campaigns for their cause, blames Jairam Ramesh for being “cynical” and “politically opportunist” and

It is a prize from Monsanto to Monsanto, says one NGO
A selection committee chaired by M.S. Swaminathan awarding the World Food Prize for 2013 to three scientists including American multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto’s chief technology officer, despite prevalent controversies and concerns over the technology of genetically modified organisms, has added fuel to the worldwide GMO debate.